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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

On a spur of the moment I put my name down to participate in Doll Quilt Swap 11. This popular and successful Doll Quilt Swap group is Flickr based (that is, you must have a Flickr account), and open to international participants. I am feeling pretty chuffed to have been included in this swap, and also to have been given a swap partner whose inspiration mosaic indicates a love for all things colorful. I am quietly confident that this will be well received (fingers crossed):

I look forward to a mini (although not necessarily quick) project now and again and enjoyed piecing these pinweel blocks. I started my search for inspiration by browsing the Quilter's Cache quilt block gallery and based my pinwheel block on the general layout of Pinwheel #8, although I had to significantly shrink down the block size and re-do the math to make much smaller patchwork blocks.

The finished size of each pinwheel block is 5 inches, and all fabrics are Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Solids from stash.

Now ready for some fabric play with some left-over triangles to make a fun quilt back!

5 inch blocks???? Are you insane? They are fabulous, but 5 inches? Five inches would be okay if it were a one piece block but pinwheels have, what?, 16 pieces. I can't even figure the average size of one piece.....well, yes, I can....TOO SMALL!

Whoa Rita....great minds think alike!!:) Flossie and I are both doing that same block for the swap but what's funny is all three of them will be a bit different! Did you see Flossie's drawing....her's has a border.

I can't even imagine being so lucky as to receive a mini from you...it would be like winning the lottery!;)

Wow - I love these blocks! I would never have been able to visualize a modern take on the block you linked based on the fabric choices shown... It just confirms that you can take basically any block and modernize it given the right fabric and color choices! Well done!